Side-plate construction for railway box cars



SDE PLATE CONSTRUCTION FOK RALWAS EOYL CARS Olfigiual Filed Jan.22. 1925 Af f j,

mfyemamm lilntenited L ERASTUS WILLTAHB, 0F WILMETIE, ILLINIS, Atlltlldlit lltl 'Ulllltlll METAL IllltllldUTl UMPANY, QF GHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORAMN dill IllllllhllrWlltE..

SIDE-PLATE @NSTBUCTIDN FUR RAILWAY BUE tlripinal application illed January dit, 1925, Serial No."3,994. Divided and this application tiled lune tl, 192?. Serial No. 196,243.

'lihe invention relates to a peculiar side pla-te tor a railway house car and has :tor its ohject to inalre' a Water-shed of that part ofthe side plate forming part ci the roof of il the car. flnother ohiect oi the invention is to provide a side plate or cornice construction that willloe simple in form, efficient in strength, and at the saine time.. will become a part'of lll the Water-shedding surface olthe root and will shed the Water in the san-ie manner as the root itsel'l is designed to do..` Another ohject is to provide a method oi making my improved side plate trom the standard rolled ltl d har novv commonly used in structural steel Worlr. Reference will be had to the accomn panying drawings, in Whichz litiga l is a. section through rny improved side plate..

sheathing and rooll construction.. liig. 3 shows e rnodilied iorrn.,

lig.. d shows another modilied torni.,

hig. 5 an elevation oit Fig. 2

li prefer to maire my side plate of rolled section in the torni oi a peculiarly .shaped d har arranged to have an upwardly pro jecting suhstantially vertical llange 2, a downwardly and outwardly sloping weh 3 il@ and a downwardly projecting snbstantiall-r vertical dange Il.. The inclination of the Weld d ppeierahly corresponds to the pitch ot the roor.

rllhe roere here shown is indicated as the lili inain hody portion 6 having a cover `plate l lor the joints ol the root sheets.. lhese b sheets may be lioined to the side plate hy having their outer edges turned down over the iiange inernher 3 of the side plate, as infill dirlaated hy d? and secured thereto if desir'u no e.

The training oil the car is indicated hy llig. Q is a 'section through the side plate,\

web (especially incertain positions ofthe car on aV side traclr., wherein the cnr at a tilt or an incline) forming a Water poclret which promotes rust or corrosion. rlhis situation is corrected hy noalring the W'eh 3 of the Z bar side. plate in the inclined positionne. shown..

The `form of rooi shown in Fig.. il is flanged (8) to be fastened directly tothe .il har side plate but other forros ot roots rnay be secured to the E bar side plate hy separate attaching members l2.. l

My Z bar may be made hy passing the metal between appropriately groeved rolls or l may take an ordinary standard il bar (having oppositely projecting parallel flanges and a connecting weh perpendicular thereto) 'andfrun it through a set othending rolls which will bend out the vertical flanges,- thus producing the inclined weh connection substantially in the forni indicated in 4:, the bending oi these legs ol? the hor taking place at the oints lil and ld.. Y

Instead of changine' the annular relation of both danges respectively, and the "weh, may be desirable to retain one tlange (lor instance, fiange 17) perpendicular to thonet (16) and only alter the angular relation ol2 one flange (for instance. flange lli) and the web 16. See Fig. 3. The roei sheet ilange (8 would then be made to contorni to the inclinationot' the ilan l'l,

The angular relation oil the vveh and the Hangs (or danges) inay he accomplished hy ben ing the. flangel as shown in llig". d? or y opening up thef llet, as shorvn in lili d, or by bending the weh portion oil the idilio This is a' division ol' my (impending op plicaion Serial Nd 3,9%., tiled Jennery dit., i925..

l claim.:

l. ln a construction oil the class descrihed9 a Z .bar side plate having a weh inclined substantially in conformity ol the pitch o'lE the root with vertically arranged legsl on. each side thereoi9 and the roel sheet con@ nected to the upper vertical 2L ln abon` car constrnction9 plate having a weh lorined nt responding to the root-pitch and with vertically arranged leg to which the sheathu lllll ing is secured.

3. lin a -boir car constrnction9 n side plete substantially in lil hnrtornr noli lill' liti Edili llld set at an incline and arranged to form a part of the water-shedding surface of the car.-

4. A side plate for a box car substantially in Z form having the web thereof arranged to lie as part of the water-shedding sur ace and at an incline corresponding to the pitch of the roof.

5. A railway oar side dplate having a slop-V ing webwith an upwar ro'ectin Han e on one edge thereof, andyapdoiivnwargdly egxtending iiange on the other edge thereof.

6. A railway car side late having a sloping web with an upwar` ly projecting ange on one edge thereof, and a downwardly extending iange on the other edge thereof, said anges being substantially parallel.

7. In a railway car comprising a roof, a side wall, and a side plate, said side plate having an upwardly projecting ange to which said roof is attached: a vdownwardly projecting ange to which said side wall is attached, and a sloping web integrally oonnecting vsaid ianges.

8. In a railway car comprising a roof, a side wall, and a side plate, said side plate having an upwardly projecting iiange to which said roof is attached; a downwardly projecting flange parallel to the iirst mentioned flan e to which said side wall is attached, an a sloping web integrally connecting said flanges.

9. A box car havin a Z bar side plate, said Z bar arranged with its main web sloping outwardly and downwardly and its upwardly extending fiange or leg on the si e towardthe inside of the car. and its downwardly projecting ange or legl on the outside forming the eaves of the car; with a sheathing positioned on the inside of the .outside downwardly projecting ange or leg of the Z bar.

10. A box car having a Z har side plate and the said side plate lying with its web sloping outwardly and downwardly forxning a part of the roof shedding surface, and with the outside iiange or leg of the Z bar extending vertically forming the eaves of the car with a sheathing positioned on the inside of the eaves leg.

WILLIAM ERASTUS WILLIAMS. 

